Eric Shaw is a self-taught painter whose bold geometric abstraction draws from the rich visual environment of New York City. Elements of graphic design found in street signs, logos, and advertisements are stretched and skewed as Shaw sketches out what he sees using a drawing app on his phone. The sketches are further copied, pasted and shifted using image editing tools, and then translated onto canvas by hand with acrylic paint. The final work, often incorporating several of the digital sketches in one composition, is a complex conversation between lines, shapes, and color shaped by the functionalities of the imaging tools he implements. His acrylic on canvas paintings are both highly improvisational and painstakingly precise.
Eric Shaw, Envelope Near Me, Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 60 inches, 2021Eric Show, Front & Center, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, C’mon Clues, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, 42 x 36 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Direct Response, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Brain Reality, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Consequential Dormancy, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 42 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Ralph’s Rhapsody, Acrylic on canvas, 42 x 36 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Infinity Squoze, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, I Examine My Surroundings, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 84 inches, 2020Eric Shaw, Graphic Ambiance, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches, 2022Eric Shaw, Basal Ganglia, Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 60 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, The Same Boat, Acrylic on canvas, 83 x 79 inches, 2021Eric Shaw, Suspended, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches, 2020Eric Shaw, Merger, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches, 2019Eric Shaw, Thruline, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 48 inches, 2019Eric Shaw, Crosshairs, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches, 2019Eric Shaw, Congratulations, 60×54 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2019Eric Shaw, Radiator, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 54 inches, 2019Eric Shaw, Outpour, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 76 inches, 2019Eric Shaw, Furls, 60 x 76 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2020Eric Shaw, Extrusions, Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 76 inches, 2020
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